#language fail

[kurtzcheimlany]

A kaja mellé borpàrosítás azért is jó dolog, mert nem elég, hogy fullosra behörcsögözöl a fogásokból, hanem soft becsiccsentés után, halál komoly arccal tudod közölni a pincérrel, hogy I'd like to PLAY, majd egy tüdőosztályt megszégyenítő asztmarohamos köhögéssel javítod pay-re... jattoltam is, mint a kisdobos.

[rafidhiyya]

Just had Arabic class and I said شرير (shareer/evil) instead of سرير (sareer/bed) the teacher just laughed and corrected me saying “don’t worry that has a meaning too, but it means evil”.💀💀 Imagine making this mistake out in the wild where you try asking for a bed but instead you ask for evil.

[talvenhenki]

So English is not my first language and I forgot the word for local anaesthesia in English when I was going to a dentist's appt and called it a 'mouth no hurty thing' in a Discord server

[sporadically-studies]

Story Time! (Pt. 3)

Gather round for another language fail from yours truly! Here's a fun little dictation tidbit from my language exchange session today.

What my LE partner said:

그녀는 마음이 관대하다. (She has a generous heart)

What I wrote:

그년은 마음이 관대하다. (That b*tch has a generous heart.)

What I learned today:

그녀 = she

그년 = that b*tch

I really need to work on spelling and vocab

[primeemeraldheiress]

Hi! So I just read If I Told You (and it's super cute I could just die) and I noticed that you translated the word ukhai as big sister and I read your clarification post about using the arabic word, but ukhai or akhi (اخي ) is actually the arabic for brother, while sister is (اختي ) ukhti, sooo yeah just wanted to let you know! :') thank you so much for sharing such an adorable fic

Oh, damn! Thank you so much for letting me know. I took “ukhti” and modified it to get “ukhai”. Apparently, my double checking skills are low. I thought I had checked that it wasn’t a word already but I must not have. 

I am very sorry and deeply appreciative for you bringing this to my attention... Now to modify it again and find a new word. lol

I’m so glad you liked If I Told You, despite the language mistake. I love hearing from my readers. :) Hopefully, I’ll have the companion story out this winter break.

[datasoong47]

The other day I came across a website talking about shogi (Japanese chess) that described the pieces as having "Japanese hieroglyphics" written on them

[samisuncreative]

Thank you duolingo for exposing the fact that i actually don't know the grammatically correct past tense of "drink" in my own native language 🤦

[jiangling]

so im reading about vampires (not related to eurovision at all, by the way) and

uhh

thats not even close